COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== ISAACS, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Chelsea, Cranborne, Mentone, Mordialloc -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 August 2000, following the death of Gregory Wilton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,329 +03.3 Votes cast: 66,413 81.6 -15.3 Informal votes: 5,404 08.2 +04.6 Formal votes: 60,993 91.8 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patricia Brook 3,270 05.4 Haydn Fletcher AD 10,540 17.3 +10.4 Mary Hutchison Grn 5,539 09.1 +07.6 Gail King 1,832 03.0 Carl Wesley 5,329 08.7 Ann CORCORAN + ALP 34,483 56.5 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: King's 1,832 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brook 239 13.1 3,509 05.8 Fletcher 447 24.4 10,987 18.0 Hutchison 296 16.2 5,835 09.6 Wesley 418 22.8 5,747 09.4 CORCORAN + 432 23.6 34,915 57.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,832 60,993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brook's 3,509 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fletcher 1,914 54.6 12,901 21.2 Hutchison 575 16.4 6,410 10.5 Wesley 708 20.2 6,455 10.6 CORCORAN + 312 08.9 35,227 57.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,509 60,993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hutchison's 6,410 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fletcher 1,976 30.8 14,877 24.4 Wesley 1,266 19.8 7,721 12.7 CORCORAN + 3,168 49.4 38,395 63.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,410 60,993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Wesley's 7,721 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fletcher 5,841 75.7 20,718 34.0 CORCORAN + 1,880 24.3 40,275 66.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,721 60,993 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ann Kathleen Corcoran (born 1951): Elected 2000 by Born: 21 September 1951, Melbourne Career: Educated Swinburne College of Technology, Monash University. Accounant and business manager. --------------------------------------------------------------------